Combination hammer



May 22, 1923. 1,456,383

F. J. KOCH COMBINATION HAMMER Filed April '7, 1922 Patented May 22,1923.

UNITED STATES FRANK J'. KOCH, OF HERSHEY, NEBRASKA.

COMBINATION HAMMER.

Application filed April 7, 1922. Serial No. 550,407.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. K0011, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hershey, in the county of Lincoln and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinationHammers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to mak and use the same.

The invention has for its object the provision of a tool which embodiesall the essential elements necessary for the construction of wirefencing, such as a hammer, a claw, wire cutters, pliers, stapleextractor, and wire stretcher and splicer, the tool being of simpleconstruction and effective for any of the uses stated.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves asthe nature of the invention is understood.

lVhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention, it is tobe understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions andrequirements, various changes in the form, proportion, and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature ofthe invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of theapplication,

Figure 1 is a side view of a tool embodyin the invention,

lFig. 2 is a detail section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, loking in thedirection of the arrows,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the forward end portion of themember provided with the hammer head, and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the forward end portion of themember provided with the plier jaw.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and desig nated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters.

The tool comprises two handle members 1 and 2, which are pivotallyconnected at their forward ends as indicated at 3. The pivotal ends ofthe members 1 and 2 are halved to comeflush at opposite sides and enablethe members 1 and 2 to lie in the same plane. The member 1 is pro-videdat its forward end with a hammer head land a claw 5. A

circular recess 6 is formed in a side of the head provided at theforward end of the member 1 and snugly receives a circular enlargement 7at the forward end of the member 2. A nib 8 is'formed on the head at oneside of the recess 6 and a companion nib 9 is formed on a side of thecircular enlargement 7. The nibs 8 and 9 constitute elements of a staplepuller and their extremities are disposed to clear each other and aremade rounding to prevent any shearing action when gripping the staple inthe act of pulling the same. Notches 10 are formed in edge portions ofthe head and the circular enlargement 7 and constitute wire cutters in amanner well understood. When the handles 1 and 2 are partly separated attheir outer or rear ends, the notches 10 register and are in line withthe inner wall of the claw 5 which constitutes a guide to direct thewire or other part to be out into the registering notches 10. When theouter ends of the members 1 and 2 are pressed together, the notches 10are thrown out of line and the wire, nail, or the like located thereinis severed in a manner well understood.

The circular enlargement 7at the forward end of the member 2 is providedwith an oifstanding projection 11 which constitutes a plier jaw and astop to limit the separation of the rear ends of the handle members 1and 2, whereby to bring the notches 10 in register. The forward orgripping face of the jaw 11 is roughened to prevent slipping of the wireor other article gripped between said jaw and the inner or rear face ofthe hammer head 4 which constitutes the companion jaw. The closing ofthe nibs 8 and 9 is likewise. limited by the jaw 11 closing against therear side 12 of the hammer head. When .it is required to use the tool asa stretcher for drawing together the broken ends of a fence wire, one ofsuch ends is en gaged with the claw 5 and the other end is grippedbetween the elements 11. and 12. The tool is now given a one-half turnwhereby to reverse the position of the parts 5 and 4: with the resultthat the broken ends of the wire are drawn together and overlapped andthe same may he s liced by twisting the loose end portions of t e brokenends about the main wire, thereby completing the splice in a manner wellunderstood. The staple, nail, or th like may be driven by the hammerhead, and a nail may be extracted by use of the claw 5 in the usual way.When it is required to extract a staple which is 19 said headconstituting a hammer and a claw,

and a complemental handle member having a circular enlargement at oneend snugly fitting the circular recess in the head of thefirst-mentioned handle member and having an offstandin projectionconstituting a stop 15 and a jaw ant adapted to coact with the rearportion of the hammer head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. KOCH.

lVitnesses A. A. LEIsTER, J. E. lVARE.

